After the sack of Tula, the center of population and political power in Mexico shifted to

The valley of Mexico and the shores of a chain of lakes in that basin

The people who succeeded the Tolcecs as the rulers of central Mexico were the

Aztecs

In the period shortly after the arrival of the Aztecs in the valley of Mexico, what was the nature of the political organization of the region?

City-states

What city did he Aztecs establish circa 1325 on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco?

Tenochtitlan

The Aztec innovation in intensive agriculture in the aquatic environments of the lakes of central Mexico was the development of

Pochteca

What was the impact of expansion and conquest on the Aztec social system?

From the loose association of clans, Aztec society became highly stratified society

Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the Aztec rise to power?

The abandonment of human sacrifice

One of the most permanent features of Aztec society was its organization into clans or

calpulli

What was the nature of the Aztec economy?

The Aztec state redistributed many goods received as tribute and there was a specialized merchant class

While the position of Aztec women in many ways paralleled that of women in other civilizations at a similar stage of development, what was the significant difference between the lives of women in Mesoamerica and in the Mediterranean world?

Aztec women had to spend many more hours grinding grain for food

What was the primary difference in the political situation between the Mesoamerican and Andean zones following the breakup of the classical states?

The capital of the Inca empire was

Cuzco

What do the authors suggest was the principal reason for Inca conquest and expansion?